from my friend in Mumbai (who is very disappointed that he left Mumbai one day before we got the fort--and isn't sure he can make it back there by Sunday):

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Here's my initial impression on the video:

TK & Rachel at the beginning look like they are with a wedding party. The guy with the red turban looks dressed as a groom.

TK in the "reflect" picture...that looks like someone's apartment. The ancestor picture on the wall, the low bed, the light switches.

Those are just some initial thoughts.

Right now I'm in Pune (Poona) east of Mumbai.

That goes along with patlini's impressions too, doesn't it?

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Well he is now a known liar so I wouldn't put it past him to be lying, but is it possible for there to be two legs in India or no? I don't think a TBC leg could fit now that we know there is one more NEL and only four more episodes.

patlini, we really don't know for sure, but the odds are that Florence was a 12 hour pitstop but not 36 hours. That allows teams time to get to Florence International Airport and set up flight arrangements departing between 0650 and 0735 through Paris, Frankfurt, MIlan, Amsterdam or Vienna to get to Mumbai between 2310 and 2350.

On the weather charts you provided, the July 23 1130pm brief event was listed as "light drizzle". On July 24 the 530am brief event was also "light drizzle. That doesn't sound like a monsoon to me.

At 1130pm on July 23, I expect that teams would be near the completion of a 12 hour pitstop in the Mumbai metropolitan area, so even if there was a small amount of rain the effect on them would have been negligible. I expect that their next task would be going to the Mumbai International Airport to fly to Japan or Taiwan.

Most everyone in the Eastern and Central Time Zones will see Pittsburgh at Baltimore. The New York/Northern New Jersey area along with the Chiefs home region will get the insignificant Chiefs-Jets game. Expect to see TAR around 8:25 p.m. or so.

patlini, we really don't know for sure, but the odds are that Florence was a 12 hour pitstop but not 36 hours. That allows teams time to get to Florence International Airport and set up flight arrangements departing between 0650 and 0735 through Paris, Frankfurt, MIlan, Amsterdam or Vienna to get to Mumbai between 2310 and 2350.

On the weather charts you provided, the July 23 1130pm brief event was listed as "light drizzle". On July 24 the 530am brief event was also "light drizzle. That doesn't sound like a monsoon to me.

At 1130pm on July 23, I expect that teams would be near the completion of a 12 hour pitstop in the Mumbai metropolitan area, so even if there was a small amount of rain the effect on them would have been negligible. I expect that their next task would be going to the Mumbai International Airport to fly to Japan or Taiwan.

It looks like whatever kind of shinagins the Goths are up to at the airport, they won't have much affect on the teams getting to Mumbai. Looks like all teams arrive in the middle of the night (which is the normal thing that happens when arriving in India from anywheres) and catch one of those minicabs somewhere and then we have a bunchup as they wait for "hours of operation to kick in" the next morning. This gives the five teams all day to complete the detour, roadblock, and speedbump (Goth's extra task) and then get ye to the olde pit stop on time.

I've just learned that the New York market will now receive the Dallas-Washington game on Fox opposite the Chiefs-Jets on CBS. What does that mean? It means a hit on TAR's ratings for this episode in the nation's biggest market. With the Jets being pitiful this season and a lot of Cowboys fans living in New York, this means a lot of attention away from CBS in the late game. Hoo boy.

This news is so fresh that even the NFL Coverage Map for Fox hasn't been updated. I'll post this over in the ratings thread as well.